Etiket: Taxpayers
Taxpayers are fed up | The duty
According to a recent Léger survey, 75% of taxpayers believe they are not getting value for their money in relation to the taxes paid. Ottawa obtains the worst results, closely…
“More than 300,000 taxpayers” have filed their tax returns via the mobile application, indicates the Director General of Public Finances
“More than 300,000 taxpayers” have made their income declaration via the mobile tax application, a tool available for the first time this year, indicates Amélie Verdier, Director General of Public…
Restaurant meals at $158 and $170 billed to taxpayers by former OCPM president Dominique Ollivier
Former president of the Montreal executive committee Dominique Ollivier ordered dishes worth $158 and even $170 at the restaurant’s expense at taxpayers’ expense, while she chaired the Office de consultation…
More than 42 Olymel workers laid off in Drummondville for the benefit of Ontario: “It is unacceptable that the company can use taxpayers’ money in this way”
Around forty workers at the Olymel plant in Centre-du-Québec have been laid off since mid-February because the processor transferred two bacon production lines to Ontario. The union considers it “unacceptable…
Subsidies of $13 million: taxpayers have nothing to laugh about in the face of Just for Laughs’ setbacks
The Just for Laughs festival has received at least $13 million in grants from various ministries in just over 20 years, according to figures compiled by The newspaper. • Read…
Municipal management and Montreal’s 2024 budget: taxpayers losing confidence
Montreal taxpayers recently swallowed the record 2024 budget of $7 billion of the Plante administration. The result is a residential property tax of 4.9%. A cumulative 9% over two years!…
Battery sector | An unexpected bill awaits taxpayers
The massive subsidies offered to Northvolt, Volkswagen and Stellantis to convince them to build mega-battery factories in Quebec as well as Ontario could come with an unexpected bill of several…
Nigeria | The president buys a yacht and SUVs at taxpayers’ expense
(Abuja) Nigerian President Bola Tinubu’s approval of a supplementary budget providing millions of dollars for a presidential yacht and sport utility vehicles (SUVs) for his wife and top government officials…
Dear civil servants, don’t forget the taxpayers
An extra hundred dollars a week. This request from Quebec employees is a fully accepted historical nod. He refers to the stormy negotiations of 1972 which landed the three union…
Volkswagen deal will cost taxpayers more than expected, says PBO
The Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) says Canada’s exclusive contract with German auto giant Volkswagen to build an electric vehicle battery plant in southwestern Ontario will cost the federal government up…
The royal visit in May will have cost taxpayers at least a million dollars
Canadian taxpayers spent at least $1 million hosting King Charles III, then Prince of Wales, when he visited Canada last May. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) have pegged the…
The royal visit in May will have cost taxpayers at least a million dollars
Canadian taxpayers spent at least $1 million hosting King Charles III, then Prince of Wales, when he visited Canada last May. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) provided a breakdown…
The royal visit will have cost taxpayers at least a million dollars
(OTTAWA) Canadian taxpayers spent at least $1 million hosting King Charles III, then Prince of Wales, when he visited Canada last May. Posted at 1:49 p.m. Stephanie Taylor The Canadian…
Yellowknife | Cleaning up an old gold mine is expected to cost taxpayers 4.38 billion
(Yellowknife) Cleanup of one of Canada’s most contaminated sites is estimated to cost taxpayers more than four times what was originally estimated. Posted at 10:02 p.m. Emily Blake The Canadian…
Tax cut: the Canadian Taxpayers Federation welcomes this election promise
On the second day of campaigning, three parties have already pledged to cut taxes if elected to power, a promise that the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) has welcomed. • Read…
Inflation: after Quebec, Saskatchewan offers $500 to its taxpayers
After Quebec, it is now Saskatchewan’s turn to offer a $500 check to all taxpayers. “This fall, our government will send a check for $500 to everyone 18 and older…
Paid Free Service | TurboTax will have to reimburse millions of American taxpayers
(San Francisco) A US platform used to complete tax returns will have to reimburse 4.4 million people it charged for a free service, the New York Attorney General announced on…
NFL: Taxpayers will pay top dollar to keep Bills in Buffalo
New York State taxpayers will be the primary funders of a new stadium for the Buffalo Bills under an agreement reached Sunday. • Read also: A new running back for…
[Budget du Québec 2022] A credit of $500 to 6.4 million taxpayers
Quebec Finance Minister Eric Girard unveiled his latest budget on Tuesday between now and the next general election, in which he plans to spend $22 billion over five years as…
Accountable to taxpayers, not to the federal government
The members of the Council of the Federation met last Thursday by conference call. They mainly discussed the “urgent need to close the structural financing gap facing our health care…